Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other icons
from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I mean,
WTF?

--Discgruntled in Berkeley

In article <BF4F53E1.31BE%jsibleywebster@mindspring.com>,
Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
> boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other icons
> from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I mean,
> WTF?
>
> --Discgruntled in Berkeley

Sometime back I asked the same question in several mac newsgroups. No
one was able to give me a decent answer. One person asked me, why was I
bothered by the wandering hd icons. Good luck in getting a better answer.

In article <BF4F53E1.31BE%jsibleywebster@mindspring.com>,
Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
> boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other icons
> from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I mean,
> WTF?
>
> --Discgruntled in Berkeley

Sometime back I asked the same question in several mac newsgroups. No
one was able to give me a decent answer. One person asked me, why was I
bothered by the wandering hd icons. Good luck in getting a better answer.

Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
> boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other icons
> from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I mean,
> WTF?
>
> --Discgruntled in Berkeley

In the Finder go to the View menu --> Show View Options --> Keep arrange
by ...

That should fix it.

P
--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
> boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other icons
> from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I mean,
> WTF?
>
> --Discgruntled in Berkeley

In the Finder go to the View menu --> Show View Options --> Keep arrange
by ...

That should fix it.

P
--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

In article <1h2zd0y.14hlthk1iviv5gN%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com .au>,
p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.au (Peter McCallum) wrote:

> Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> > wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
> > boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other icons
> > from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I mean,
> > WTF?
> >
> > --Discgruntled in Berkeley
>
> In the Finder go to the View menu --> Show View Options --> Keep arrange
> by ...
>
> That should fix it.
>
> P

That sort of works, but unless you do that action every so often, you
will find the HD icons start wandering around. I still want some script
which would fix, in place. my internal and external HDs,i n the upper
right corner of my screen, so that when I reboot my Mac I don't have to
hunt around for one or both HDs.

There are Applescript coders on the NG. Can some please write a simple
AS script that could do this job. TIA

In article <1h2zd0y.14hlthk1iviv5gN%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com .au>,
p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.au (Peter McCallum) wrote:

> Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> > wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
> > boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other icons
> > from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I mean,
> > WTF?
> >
> > --Discgruntled in Berkeley
>
> In the Finder go to the View menu --> Show View Options --> Keep arrange
> by ...
>
> That should fix it.
>
> P

That sort of works, but unless you do that action every so often, you
will find the HD icons start wandering around. I still want some script
which would fix, in place. my internal and external HDs,i n the upper
right corner of my screen, so that when I reboot my Mac I don't have to
hunt around for one or both HDs.

There are Applescript coders on the NG. Can some please write a simple
AS script that could do this job. TIA

In article <hflam-2D307A.23102715092005@news.telus.net>,
Henry Flam <hflam@telus.net> wrote:

> That sort of works, but unless you do that action every so often, you
> will find the HD icons start wandering around. I still want some script
> which would fix, in place. my internal and external HDs,i n the upper
> right corner of my screen, so that when I reboot my Mac I don't have to
> hunt around for one or both HDs.



In OS 9 the same problem exists. It seems to list the HD icons in
order by the system HD, then disks/partitions in order of how full
they are (ire how much free space is left). It seems that folders or
non HD icons will keep their position provided that the system prefs
(view prefs) are not set otherwise.

In article <hflam-2D307A.23102715092005@news.telus.net>,
Henry Flam <hflam@telus.net> wrote:

> That sort of works, but unless you do that action every so often, you
> will find the HD icons start wandering around. I still want some script
> which would fix, in place. my internal and external HDs,i n the upper
> right corner of my screen, so that when I reboot my Mac I don't have to
> hunt around for one or both HDs.



In OS 9 the same problem exists. It seems to list the HD icons in
order by the system HD, then disks/partitions in order of how full
they are (ire how much free space is left). It seems that folders or
non HD icons will keep their position provided that the system prefs
(view prefs) are not set otherwise.

Do you mean that the order in which the icons appear on the Desktop
keeps changing? Or that the icons keep moving to places other than the
upper right corner of your Desktop? Or maybe both or something else?

Frankly, I decided to dump the hard disks from my Desktop long ago and
am very happy to have the reclaimed space (especially with Panther's
ridiculous icon spacing).

Instead, what I found works much better: create a folder somewhere and
place aliases for all your disks into it. Then add the folder to the
Dock (you could also just add all the disks to the Dock, but that would
take up more room.

Why do I like this better?
a. Desktop is available for other things
b. You can Click-hold or Option-click on the dock icons and easily
navigate through the disks' directories. Can't do that with Desktop
icons.

In OS 9, there was an AppleScript that ordered the disk icons the same
way every time. Unfortunately the required syntax changed with X and I
didn't bother debugging. The Dock idea is much more practical and
easier...and independent of future AppleScript changes.

Abbott

> In article <1h2zd0y.14hlthk1iviv5gN%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com .au>,
> p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.au (Peter McCallum) wrote:
>
> > Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> > > wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
> > > boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other
> > > icons
> > > from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I
> > > mean,
> > > WTF?
> > >
> > > --Discgruntled in Berkeley
> >
> > In the Finder go to the View menu --> Show View Options --> Keep arrange
> > by ...
> >
> > That should fix it.
> >
> > P
>
> That sort of works, but unless you do that action every so often, you
> will find the HD icons start wandering around. I still want some script
> which would fix, in place. my internal and external HDs,i n the upper
> right corner of my screen, so that when I reboot my Mac I don't have to
> hunt around for one or both HDs.
>
> There are Applescript coders on the NG. Can some please write a simple
> AS script that could do this job. TIA

Do you mean that the order in which the icons appear on the Desktop
keeps changing? Or that the icons keep moving to places other than the
upper right corner of your Desktop? Or maybe both or something else?

Frankly, I decided to dump the hard disks from my Desktop long ago and
am very happy to have the reclaimed space (especially with Panther's
ridiculous icon spacing).

Instead, what I found works much better: create a folder somewhere and
place aliases for all your disks into it. Then add the folder to the
Dock (you could also just add all the disks to the Dock, but that would
take up more room.

Why do I like this better?
a. Desktop is available for other things
b. You can Click-hold or Option-click on the dock icons and easily
navigate through the disks' directories. Can't do that with Desktop
icons.

In OS 9, there was an AppleScript that ordered the disk icons the same
way every time. Unfortunately the required syntax changed with X and I
didn't bother debugging. The Dock idea is much more practical and
easier...and independent of future AppleScript changes.

Abbott

> In article <1h2zd0y.14hlthk1iviv5gN%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com .au>,
> p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.au (Peter McCallum) wrote:
>
> > Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> > > wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next time I
> > > boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all other
> > > icons
> > > from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them somewhere else. I
> > > mean,
> > > WTF?
> > >
> > > --Discgruntled in Berkeley
> >
> > In the Finder go to the View menu --> Show View Options --> Keep arrange
> > by ...
> >
> > That should fix it.
> >
> > P
>
> That sort of works, but unless you do that action every so often, you
> will find the HD icons start wandering around. I still want some script
> which would fix, in place. my internal and external HDs,i n the upper
> right corner of my screen, so that when I reboot my Mac I don't have to
> hunt around for one or both HDs.
>
> There are Applescript coders on the NG. Can some please write a simple
> AS script that could do this job. TIA

Henry Flam <hflam@telus.net> wrote:
> In article <1h2zd0y.14hlthk1iviv5gN%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com .au>,
> p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.au (Peter McCallum) wrote:
>
> > Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> > > wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next
> > > time I boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all
> > > other icons from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them
> > > somewhere else. I mean, WTF?
> > >
> > > --Discgruntled in Berkeley
> >
> > In the Finder go to the View menu --> Show View Options --> Keep arrange
> > by ...
> >
> > That should fix it.
> >
> > P
>
> That sort of works, but unless you do that action every so often, you will
> find the HD icons start wandering around.

Rubbish. Once you select keep arranged by [date, name, kind, etc] the
hard disk icons remain in place until you deselect the option.

P

--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

Henry Flam <hflam@telus.net> wrote:
> In article <1h2zd0y.14hlthk1iviv5gN%p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com .au>,
> p5m8.REMOVETHIS******.com.au (Peter McCallum) wrote:
>
> > Jim Webster <jsibleywebster@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there some way I can keep the desktop icons for my hard drives from
> > > wandering around? I put them in the upper left corner and the next
> > > time I boot up they're somewhere else. Even if I carefully remove all
> > > other icons from the corner, Panther somehow decides to put them
> > > somewhere else. I mean, WTF?
> > >
> > > --Discgruntled in Berkeley
> >
> > In the Finder go to the View menu --> Show View Options --> Keep arrange
> > by ...
> >
> > That should fix it.
> >
> > P
>
> That sort of works, but unless you do that action every so often, you will
> find the HD icons start wandering around.

Rubbish. Once you select keep arranged by [date, name, kind, etc] the
hard disk icons remain in place until you deselect the option.

P

--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

On 9/16/05 7:11 AM, in article
aschindlerNOSPAM-563B29.081157160920....earthlink.net, "Abbott"
<aschindlerNOSPAM@MYearthlink.net> wrote:

> Do you mean that the order in which the icons appear on the Desktop
> keeps changing? Or that the icons keep moving to places other than the
> upper right corner of your Desktop? Or maybe both or something else?
>
> Frankly, I decided to dump the hard disks from my Desktop long ago and
> am very happy to have the reclaimed space (especially with Panther's
> ridiculous icon spacing).
>
> Instead, what I found works much better: create a folder somewhere and
> place aliases for all your disks into it. Then add the folder to the
> Dock (you could also just add all the disks to the Dock, but that would
> take up more room.
>
> Why do I like this better?
> a. Desktop is available for other things
> b. You can Click-hold or Option-click on the dock icons and easily
> navigate through the disks' directories. Can't do that with Desktop
> icons.
>
> In OS 9, there was an AppleScript that ordered the disk icons the same
> way every time. Unfortunately the required syntax changed with X and I
> didn't bother debugging. The Dock idea is much more practical and
> easier...and independent of future AppleScript changes.
>
> Abbott
>

My dock is already too full. Seems to me you should be able to keep your
icons where you want them.

On 9/16/05 7:11 AM, in article
aschindlerNOSPAM-563B29.081157160920....earthlink.net, "Abbott"
<aschindlerNOSPAM@MYearthlink.net> wrote:

> Do you mean that the order in which the icons appear on the Desktop
> keeps changing? Or that the icons keep moving to places other than the
> upper right corner of your Desktop? Or maybe both or something else?
>
> Frankly, I decided to dump the hard disks from my Desktop long ago and
> am very happy to have the reclaimed space (especially with Panther's
> ridiculous icon spacing).
>
> Instead, what I found works much better: create a folder somewhere and
> place aliases for all your disks into it. Then add the folder to the
> Dock (you could also just add all the disks to the Dock, but that would
> take up more room.
>
> Why do I like this better?
> a. Desktop is available for other things
> b. You can Click-hold or Option-click on the dock icons and easily
> navigate through the disks' directories. Can't do that with Desktop
> icons.
>
> In OS 9, there was an AppleScript that ordered the disk icons the same
> way every time. Unfortunately the required syntax changed with X and I
> didn't bother debugging. The Dock idea is much more practical and
> easier...and independent of future AppleScript changes.
>
> Abbott
>

My dock is already too full. Seems to me you should be able to keep your
icons where you want them.